Leonard and John L. Kobus bought land together in Randolph County in July 1873. In November 1875, John married Frances in Randolph County. This is the last record I have for either one of them until Leonard's son Len Jr. and John's first son Jacob were both born in July 1878. Both babies were christened in Burlington. So they moved from Randolph County to Burlington Iowa sometime between Nov. 1875 and July 1878. By June 1880, Leonard appears to be in Charleston twp, Lee Co., IL, but John Kobus stayed in Burlington.

He was recorded as "Linard Kund" as the head of household and was 35 years old at the time of this census. Germany was his reported birthplace, as well as that of both his father and mother. The following people were recorded in this household:

Eva (indexed as "Lena Kund"), age 31, born in Germany
Mary, age 13, born in Pennsylvania
Joseph, age 10, born in Pennsylvania
John, age 8, born in Pennsylvania
William, age 6, born in "Iowa"
"Clara", age 2, born in Iowa (this should be Leonard!)

[S580] Embury Cemetery (Van Buren Twp., Lee County, Iowa; LAT/LON N40.590753°, W-91.619067°; from Fort Madison, Iowa, take Rt. 61 South out of town; turn right on County Road J62 (255th Street) for 10.5 miles; after crossing 160th Avenue, the road turns to gravel for the last mile or so; Embury Cemetery is located on the NE corner of the junction of 150th Ave and 255th St. across from the Embury United Methodist Church). No applicable grave markers found, Cemetery: Embury., no marker found.

[S1136] Iowa. Fort Madison. Fort Madison Democrat. 1 Apr 1883, Obituary: KULT, Leonard Sr..
Warren.
April 1, 1883.
Death has come to our community again. Mr. Kult died on the 28th of March; died in his chair, of heart disease. Deceased was a stone mason by trade. He had rented Andrew Borland's farm, joining us. He leaves a wife and small children to mourn his loss.